1.carcass的基本意思是“动物的尸体”，尤指屠宰后供食用的牲畜躯体，是可数名词。
2.carcass还可指“（废车、船等的）残骸，骨架”，是可数名词。
3.carcass用作比喻可指“死尸，人的躯体”，通常为骂人话，含贬义，属于俚语用法。

We came across the carcass of a lion.我们遇见一具狮子的尸体。
I saw children swimming in an old irrigation ditch alongside the rotting carcass of an ox. 我看到孩子们在腐烂的牛尸旁边旧的灌溉渠里游泳。
Vultures flew around in the sky waiting to pick at the carcass of the deer. 兀鹰在天空盘旋等待着啄食鹿的尸体。
You can make soup by boiling chicken carcasses. 你可以用鸡骨头烧汤。
Divers have found the carcass of a wrecked ship 100 miles from the coast. 潜水员在离岸100英里处发现了一艘失事船只的残骸。
The mining town,now a mere carcass,is a reminder of a past era.现在只剩下废墟的矿城使人回想起过去的时代。
Shift your great carcass.挪挪你那肥大的身子。
Move your carcass! 走开！
Move your great carcass out of that chair!把你庞大的身躯从椅子上挪开！